Re: Should lying be a crime?
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Originally Posted by Waarnemer
Human interaction is simply too complex for determining a solid opinion on lying, lying is not moral, but then neither is most of global human, social interaction. Lying is a useful tool in social interactions, one of many.
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Originally Posted by Waarnemer
Only that lying isn't really moral. The idea that a lie is a tool within social interaction is part of Systems Theory that regards society.
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I don't want to misinterpret what you said, so: When you say that lying is not moral, do you mean that it is amoral or morally bad, or do you mean that lies are not even within the scope of ethics?
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While the rest of mankind seeks for the sake of finding and of knowing, the Westerner of today seeks for the sake of seeking; the Gospel saying, 'Seek and ye shall find,' is a dead letter for him, in the full force of this phrase, since he calls 'death' anything and everything that constitutes a definite finality, just as he gives the name 'life' to what is no more than fruitless agitation.
René Guénon, East and West
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